swelter
To suffer terribly from intense heatTo suffer terribly from intense heat.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Translations
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Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To suffer terribly from intense heat.
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suffer from intense heat
(intransitive)To perspire greatly from heat.
stark schwitzen
(transitive)To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
Origin
From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; fainFrom Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix).
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Forms
swelters, sweltering, sweltered, swelteredirregular
| Base form | swelter · to swelter |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | swelters |
| Present participle | sweltering |
| Past simple | sweltered |
| Past participle | sweltered |
Tenses
swelter · sweltered · will swelter · have swelteredSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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